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		fabioyy on Sept 25, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Goodbye, Native Mobile Apps i hear the same bullshit since the time when iphone was released ( and without apps support ) yet, there isn't a single "amazing" case of webapp. ( the same for xamarin, phonegap, cordova, name_your_cross_app_development_here ) i call it laziness to learn how to code native apps. the only cross development that works, is for games ( almost all top 10 mobile games are in unreal or unity ( or cocosx ) )

ergothus on Sept 25, 2015 [–]

It's about your content, not a universal rule.

Text content? Turns out the web is great, and you don't get much benefit from going native.

Highly interactive, multiple control, local database content? Turns out web sucks at it on mobile devices.

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